"So many Piglins!"
In the Nether, Gu Yu walked out of the fortress. Piglins crowded the entrance.
He hadn't seen these monsters before. Had they recently respawned?
Either way, Gu Yu was delighted.
"The gold ingots I brought finally came in handy!"
He put on his golden boots and strode confidently into the crowd of Piglins.
The Piglins only glanced at him. When they spotted the golden gear on his feet, they didn't attack.
Instead, when Gu Yu tossed out a gold ingot, they hurried over to inspect it and dropped a random item in return.
This scene once again sent the Samurai Nation's audience over the edge.
"Why aren't the Piglins attacking him?"
"We went to all that trouble to lure the Piglins over, and now you're telling me they only attack Yamamoto?"
"Yamamoto's a hopeless case. Serves you right for getting buried underground!"
"You idiot! You're wasting both time and resources!"
"The Piglins even gave him obsidian? There's no way to play like this!"
"Why didn't a useless piece of trash like Yamamoto die in the Zombie Horde already?"
The zombies hadn't respawned in the Nether yet, so the Samurai Nation's audience could only pin their hopes on the Piglins.
With so many Piglins, surely they could at least make Gu Yu stumble, even if he didn't end up as battered as Mark or Kapil?
But they didn't.
He picked up quite a bit of obsidian. Even the despicable tactic of "digging out a portal" looked ridiculous now.
What hurt even more than watching their own player flee in a sorry state was seeing other players stroll around at their leisure.
They could only watch helplessly as Gu Yu left with a backpack full of resources!
"The Nether Gate's been destroyed?"
Noticing the half-destroyed Nether Gate, Gu Yu furrowed his brow.
He didn't know whether an Enderman or another player was responsible. If it was an Enderman, there was nothing he could do.
If it was another player, that was fine too.
Sudden Change would teach everyone the same lesson.
Zombie Hordes, Blood Moons, and zombies that grew stronger at fixed ten-day intervals.
Even Veteran Players could still wipe out in Hardcore Mode, let alone this bunch of rookies.
After rebuilding the Nether Gate and returning, he was met with that familiar feeling of weightlessness.
When he opened his eyes, Gu Yu was back on his Sky Island.
"Good thing I've got Steve's Leg!"
Feeling the weight of his full backpack, he was glad he had it.
Carrying too much put him in an encumbered state. With his original physique, he would have had to spend quite some time hauling all this stuff back.
Steve's Leg greatly reduced the drawbacks of the extra weight, letting him move faster than everyone else!
He dumped everything into the storage chest and looked around.
Compared to when Gu Yu had left, the most noticeable change was a stone wall on the left.
It looked about twenty blocks tall and forty wide, making it seem even bigger than the Sky Island.
Up close, he could see that it was different from ordinary cobblestone.
Faint golden patterns covered the wall!
They flickered on and off like a heartbeat. He placed his hand against the surface and closed his eyes, listening carefully.
The distant sounds of roars and battle cries reached his ears, making him feel as if he stood on a battlefield, surrounded by a killing intent!
"What an imposing structure!"
"Is this the Great Wall? It really is different from an ordinary cobblestone build!"
"I can't explain it, but just looking at it gets my blood pumping!"
"I can't take it anymore! I want to kill the invaders!"
Through the screen, the feeling reached every viewer in the Nine Provinces.
The blood stirring in their very bones made it hard to stay calm!
[New structure added to the chunk: Great Wall · Myth (under construction)] [Construction is incomplete. This structure cannot provide chunk points yet!] [Description: Built by the Architect of the Sky Island for his supreme ruler. It is said to carry the history of a civilization spanning thousands of years and contain special powers.] [Currently unlocked permissions: Copper Golem, Song of Great Wind.]
When he opened his eyes, everything he'd heard vanished from his ears, as if it had never been there.
Gu Yu knew about Copper Golems. They were similar to Iron Golems, but made of copper and shorter. They didn't participate in combat.
They helped organize and sort chests, making them a type of support creature.
Song of Great Wind, meanwhile, was a feature built into the Great Wall, somewhat like a beacon.
[Song of Great Wind: All allied creatures within the chunk gain 15% attack power, 15% health, and 10% speed.] [Description: A song buried in the history of an ancient civilization. Its grandeur and killing intent stir the spirit.]
It provided a buff to the chunk.
It had only just begun construction, yet it already provided so many bonuses.
Gu Yu was more and more glad he'd converted that special Zombie Villager!
"Your Majesty, you have returned!"
When he saw Gu Yu, the architect hurried down the cobblestone path he was building.
Several villagers followed behind him, carrying blocks and apparently helping with the construction.
"Please forgive my presumption. After seeing the villagers, I took it upon myself to smash your wooden boat."
Gu Yu had fed them Golden Apples and converted them before entering the Nether.
He'd been worried about farming emeralds, but now that he looked at them—
Regardless of their profession, under the architect's training, they had all reached at least the Veteran level.
The highest-ranking few had already become masters and could trade the best items directly!
Having a servant NPC like this saved Gu Yu a lot of trouble.
"You did well!"
At his praise, little red hearts appeared above the architect's head.
It was a sign that his favorability had increased.
"Greater dangers still lie ahead. Keep up the good work!"
He could raise their favorability with just a few words and no resources. Gu Yu was very satisfied.
He patted the architect's shoulder in encouragement, then returned to his room.
"What kind of effects will the Great Wall have once it's complete?"
Looking up at it from afar, Gu Yu let his imagination run wild.
Whatever the case, it would be one of the best defenses against Sudden Change in the future.
By the late stages of Sudden Change, even on a Sky Island, those zombies could build blocks across empty air and lock onto their targets!
He looked up. It had been dark for a while, but when he thought of how powerful the zombies would become later—
He had to hurry up and develop!
He took out some dirt blocks and flowers, then placed two buckets of water.
He tossed in a diamond. Rumble!
A peal of thunder rang out, and the Twilight Portal appeared.
He'd prepared an anvil ahead of time, so he took out his Enchantment Books and enchanted all his gear.
Thanks to the first-place reward, he wasn't short on any enchantment buffs now.
Sweeping Blade, Unbreaking, Sharpness, Mending, Protection, Feather Falling...
He also took out the Heavy Hammer, the special reward weapon he'd gotten earlier.
Once all the enchantments were applied, the power of the enchantments flowed over him, filling Gu Yu with a sense of security.
"A speedrun! Let the whole world see what Nine Provinces speed looks like!"
On the other side of the Sky Island.
Park Sam-chang lay on a mushroom block, bored out of his mind.
He'd expanded his dirt farm to ten blocks. It was starting to take shape.
[Current total chunk score: 4 (Micro Block)] [Player Rank: 10]
A full four points had put him straight into the top ten!
Rumble!
Thunder flashed nearby, startling Park Sam-chang.
When he saw it was coming from Gu Yu's side, he understood and lay back down.
"He found the Twilight entrance so quickly? What a busybody!"
The blocks obscured his view, so he couldn't see the details of Gu Yu's Sky Island, but he could guess what was going on.
He wasn't surprised Gu Yu had found the Twilight entrance, but to enter at this time—
Park Sam-chang sneered.
"I don't know what the Nine Provinces is thinking, piling up cobblestone to build a wall. But the zombies have been getting stronger lately."
There was a Zombie Horde outside. He didn't know which bastard without parents had caused it.
But no matter how chaotic it was outside, the chunk was always the safest place!
His Mushroom Island never spawned monsters. All he had to do was develop it slowly, and it would naturally become a medium-sized civilization.
A guaranteed win!
At most, he'd go out during the day to pick up some resources. Why fight over things like everyone else?
"Go on, get to the Twilight Forest! You spend every day in your chunk fixing that crappy wall. You have no idea what's happening out there!"
"Once the Zombie Horde swallows him up, the Sky Island will be mine!"
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